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TO AMEND SECTION 61-4-120, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE SUNDAY SALE OF WINE OR BEER IN THIS STATE, SO AS TO PROVIDE AN EXCEPTION FOR WINE THAT IS HARVESTED, PROCESSED, FERMENTED, BOTTLED, AND SOLD AT THE SAME CONTIGUOUS LOCATION.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 61-4-120 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 139 of 2005, is further amended to read:
"Section 61-4-120. (A) It is unlawful for a person to sell or offer for sale wine or beer in this State between the hours of twelve o'clock Saturday night and sunrise Monday morning. However, an establishment licensed pursuant to Article 5 of Chapter 6 is authorized to sell these products during those hours in which the sale of alcoholic liquors by the drink is lawful. A person who violates the provisions of this section is considered guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days. The right of a person to sell wine and beer in this State under a license issued by the State must be forfeited and the license revoked upon his conviction of violating the provisions of this section.
(B) The provisions of this section do not apply to the Sunday sale of wine when grapes are grown in this State on at least twenty acres and are harvested, processed, fermented, and bottled at the same contiguous location. When the provisions of this subsection are met, in addition to all other applicable licensing and taxing requirements, which also must be met, the retail sale of wine as contemplated in this subsection is permissible, provided it is sold on the same contiguous location."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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